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Kamal Haasan with the Amaran team, including Sai Pallavi and Sivakarthikeyan

News · 19 July 2026

Amaran wins three at the 72nd National Awards

Rajkumar Periasamy, G.V. Prakash Kumar and R. Kalaivanan take direction, background score and editing, capping RaajKamal Films International's 46th year.

The principal cast and makers of Ramayana on stage at the Pratham Sankalp event in New Delhi

News · 19 July 2026

Ramayana's cast shares a stage in Delhi before the trailer drops

Ranbir Kapoor's Ramayana cast came together for the first time at a Delhi event, six days before the worldwide trailer premiere on 24 July.

Dhanush in Captain Miller alongside director Arun Matheswaran

News · 19 July 2026

Captain Miller's National Award: Arun Matheswaran wants to write more

Captain Miller took the values-category National Award, but Arun Matheswaran resists the message-maker label: he writes causes into stories, not around them.

Sachana Namidass reacts emotionally beside a Maharaja still with Vijay Sethupathi

News · 19 July 2026

Sachana Namidass on her National Award: I never even dreamed

An auto driver's daughter who chased roles since 2018, Sachana Namidass turned her Maharaja debut into a Best Supporting Actress National Award.

Dhanush in Raayan, named Best Tamil Film at the 72nd National Film Awards

News · 19 July 2026

Raayan, Amaran and Maharaja: Tamil cinema's nine-award National night

Dhanush directed a National winner and took a Special Mention as an actor; Amaran won three and Maharaja two on a night Tamil films collected nine honours.

The asura twins Kundakka and Mandakka mid-leap with a cast of mythological characters below a Shiva statue, in the poster for Shivlok Ke Kundakka Mandakka

News · 18 July 2026

ZEE5's new kids' series makes two asura twins the heroes

Adapted from Anand Neelakantan's bestseller, Shivlok Ke Kundakka Mandakka launches KidZ on ZEE5 as the first title in a six-language mythology universe.

R. Madhavan in old-age prosthetics and glasses as inventor GD Naidu in a workshop, in a still from GDN

News · 17 July 2026

Madhavan's GDN skips a clash with Vijay and lands on one with Lokesh

GDN was meant to open today. Instead it jumped three weeks to August 7, dodging Vijay's Jana Nayagan and landing on the same day as Lokesh Kanagaraj's DC.

Vijay and Mamitha Baiju making a heart shape with their hands in a still from Jana Nayagan

News · 17 July 2026

Jana Nayagan's Adiye En Poonthene is Vijay saying goodbye as a father

The last love song of Vijay's screen career is not a romance. It is a father watching a daughter grow up, dropped six days before Jana Nayagan opens.

Wamiqa Gabbi and Lokesh Kanagaraj standing back to back against an open sky in a still from DC

News · 17 July 2026

DC backs off a week and puts its A certificate on the poster

Lokesh Kanagaraj directed Vijay twice. Now his own acting debut steps back a week to give Jana Nayagan a clear run at the screens.

Vijay Sethupathi in a dark blazer, looking away from the camera

News · 17 July 2026

The boy who stayed in the room when the creditors came

Everyone else found somewhere to be when the debt collectors arrived. Vijay Sethupathi, still a boy, pulled up a chair next to his father and stayed.

Vishnuu Vishal with his arm around director Chella Ayyavu, both smiling

News · 17 July 2026

Vishnuu Vishal hands Chella Ayyavu the keys to a new SUV

A pre-release promise, paid out at Rs 46 crore: the Gatta Kusthi 2 hit has now put a car in the driveway of nearly everyone who made it.

Producers seal the co-production tie-up for Sarathkumar's 171st film

News · 14 July 2026

Sarathkumar's 171st film locks two banners and a Nov 15 start

Sarathkumar's 171st film pairs P.L. Thenappan's Sree Rajalakshmi Films with co-producer Presidential Movies International. Shooting starts November 15.